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 BROWN, J. APPLETON, born at Newburyport, Mass., July 24, 1844. Landscape painter; pupil of B. C. Porter, in Boston, and of Émile Lambinet in Paris. He painted his first notable studies in Switzerland during a trip through Europe. Studio in Boston. Works: Summer, View at Dives Calvados—France (1875); Old Road near Paris; November; On the Merrimac; Autumn; Storm at the Isles of Shoals; Glen Mill Brook—Byfield, Mass. (1881); Springtime (1884).—Art Journal (1879), 74; Sheldon, 117.

BROWN, JOHN, born in England, 16th century. Was sergeant-painter to Henry VIII., with a salary of £10 a year. In 1553 he built Painters' Hall for the company, and his portrait is preserved there.—Redgrave.

BROWN, JOHN G., born at Durham, England, Nov. 11, 1831. Genre painter; studied first at Newcastle-on-Tyne, then at Edinburgh Academy, and in 1853 in National Academy Schools, New York. Professional life passed in Brooklyn and New York. Elected an A.N.A. in 1862, and N.A. in 1863. Studio in New York. Works: Longshoreman's Noon; Tough Customers; Country Gallants; Thrilling Moment; Dress Parade; Three (Scape) Graces; Left his Money on the Piano; Curling in Central Park (1876); Passing Show (1878); Sunny Day (1879); Thrilling Moment (1880); Hiding, Long, Long Ago (1881); Old Shaver (1883); Merry Air and a Sad Heart, Amused (1884); Under the Weather, Wounded Playfellow (1884); A Jolly Lot, The Monopolist (1885)—Sheldon, 141.

BROWN, JOHN LEWIS, born at Bordeaux, Aug. 16, 1829. Genre painter, chiefly military and hunting scenes; pupil of C. Roqueplan and of Belloc. Medals in 1865, 1866, and 1867; L. of Honour, 1870. Works: A Drum, Nidjeb (a horse), Colledano Letrado (a horse), Henriot on the 10th of August, Custine at Spire (1848); An Outpost, Retreat before Wolves, Steeple-Chase, Interior of a Stable, Horses on the Turf (1861); Dogs pausing, One of the Cent-Gardes, In the Crimea (1863); Hunting Incident, In the Woods of Vincennes in 1863, Encampment of Spahis at St. Maur (1864); Imperial Military Stud (bought by the Emperor), Pensioners' Day, At the Outposts (1865); Riding School (1866, bought by Emperor); Morning in the Camp of Chalons, The Day after (1867); two incidents in the War of Independence and in Seven Years' War (1868); Battle of Ligny in 1815, Count de Saxe (1869); Hallali (1870); Reichshofen, Dogs Running (1872); News of the Defeat of Weissenburg brought to Hagenau, Outposts of the First Corps in 1870 (1873); Landscape with Animals, Zoölogical Garden, Incident in Battle of Fröschwiller (1874); Norman Jockeys, Interrupted Journey, Officer arresting Salt-Smugglers (1875); Rising Tide, Sentimental Journey (1876); Frenchmen beating in Game, Visit to the Salt Marshes of Croisic, Dutch Horses (1877); Incident in the military life of Marshal Conflans, Hunting Scene (1878); Officer attacked by Plunderers, Souvenir of the Isle of Wight (1880); Across Country (1881); Relay of Omnibus Horses (1884); Hallali, Return from the Chase (1885).

BROWNING, ROBERT BARRETT, born in England about 1848. Genre painter; son of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Studied at Antwerp and Paris. Works: Worker in Brass—Antwerp (1878); Stall in Fish Market at Antwerp, Dinant on the Meuse (1879); Still Life, Disturbed Life, Tan Garden—Dinant (1881); Vespers (1882); Valley of the Meuse (1884); portrait of Robert Browning (1885), Baliol College; Landscape, Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Meuse from Bouvigne, New York Museum. Exhibited at Grosvenor Gallery (1884) a bronze statue and two busts.

BROZIK, VACZLAV, born at Tzemoschna, near Pilsen, Bohemia, in 1852. History painter; pupil of the Prague Academy, in Munich of Piloty, and in Paris of Munkacsy; studio in Paris since 1876. Medal, 2d class, 1878. Works: Farewell of Ottokar II. (1874), The Kiss, St. Iria, Dagmar,